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SPONGE 0UP.

No. 328,743. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

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SPONGE-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,743, dated October20, 1885.

Application filed June 15, 1885.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ALLIN, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sponge-Cups, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and cheap spongecup,of any convenient size, that shall inclose so much of the sponge as willprevent rapid evaporation, and at the same time allow enough of thesurface of the sponge to be kept uncovered to permit of being readilyused as a pen-wiper and for similar purposes, and that by themanipulation of the cover shall enable the entire upper surface of thesponge to be presented for use in portions from time to time as desired.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a sponge; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the cup and sponge;Fig. 3, a top View showing opening in cover; Fig. 4, aview of the coverlooking from beneath, and Fig. 5 a top view of the cup with the coverremoved.

A represents the cup, 0 the cover, and B the sponge. The cup and coverare made of any suitable material that is impervious to water, as glassor porcelain, or of cast, spun, or punched metal. On the upper edge ofcup A is a flange or rib, a, under which, through openings 0, pass lugsb, projecting from opposite sides of the rim of cover 0. Turning thecover to one side or the other locks the parts together and prevents thecover from being lifted off by the upward pressure against it of thedistended sponge.

Instead of rib a and lugs b to keep the cover in place on the cup, thecover may be made heavy enough of itself to resist the upward pressureof the swollen sponge.

The cover 0 is preferably a hollow hemisphere, across the surface ofwhich is a long Serial No. 108,811. (No model.)

opening, D, extending almost to the periphery or outer edge on bothsides, and is from onefourth to one-half an inch in width. Through thisopening D in cover 0 sponge B is reached by the pen or finger or otherobject to be moistened, and is the only means of escape by evaporationof the water or liquid with which the sponge is soaked.

By usage and evaporation that portion of sponge B that is presentedthrough opening D in cover 0 becomes soiled. By merely turning cover 0 ashort distance to one side or the other a fresh part of the sponge isuncovered and ready for use as before, thus avoiding the necessity offrequently refilling the cup or resoaking the sponge, as is the case inthose sponge-holders in which a large surface of the sponge is exposedat one time.

The opening D might extend only from the center of the cover to oneside. This would permit the entire upper surface of the sponge to beexposed by the turning of the cover. I prefer, however, the openingshown,extending on both sides of center, as a form more convenient inuse.

What I claim is- 1. The combination, with a spongecup, of a turningcover provided with an elongated opening, which, by the turning of thecover, will expose different parts of the upper surface of the sponge,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a sponge-cup, of a cover, a locking deviceholding the cover upon the cup, but permitting such cover to be turned,and an elongated opening in said cover exposing different parts of theupper surface of the sponge as the cover is turned, substantially as setforth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 9th day of June, 1885.

SAMUEL ALLIN. WVitnesses:

N. WV. KIDDLE, E. O. ROWLAND.

